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How To Get Your LinkedIn Profile Viewed By A Recruiter
As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, I’m on LinkedIn for hours every day searching for qualified talent, and I know the majority of recruiters in almost every industry are too. LinkedIn Recruiter, a candidate searching tool on LinkedIn, is a powerful resource that helps recruiters find and reach out to specific candidates that match the skills…
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Top Soft Skills Recruiter’s Look For When Interviewing Candidates
When I’m interviewing candidates, I truly believe soft skills are just as important as hard, technical skills. That’s because soft skills reflect your emotional intelligence -something that’s often near impossible to teach on the job. So you might be wondering, “what are soft skills?” Soft skills are qualities that reveal how you will interact and…
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Unique Interview Questions To Ask An Employer
As a professional recruiter, I know first hand that the questions you ask throughout an interview can help you stand out from a crowd of other candidates. Asking meaningful and unique questions reflect just how engaged and interested you are in a position, signaling to recruiters that you mean business and are a good fit…
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The Top 3 Things Holding You Back From Pursuing Your Dreams (And How To Overcome Them)
“Self doubt”, “Fear of the unknown”, “Believing you’re incapable”. These mental roadblocks are detrimental to our progress and growth as individuals, not only in the workplace but in our lives. Now, I believe it’s completely normal to sometimes doubt our abilities and lack confidence from time to time, but constant inaction due to our own…
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What to Do When Looking For a Job (From an Expert Job Seeker and Former Laid Off Employee)
The job search can be an emotionally taxing and discouraging journey. I know from first hand experience as someone who has been jobless 4 times since the start of Covid! As a self proclaimed expert job seeker and talent acquisition professional, there are certain things I did throughout my layoff journeys that helped me tremendously…
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The Top 10 Things Recruiters Notice On Your Resume (From a Recruiter’s Perspective)
We’ve all asked ourselves the question…how do I make my resume stand out and catch the attention of recruiters? And what exactly are recruiters looking at to determine if I’m worthy for an interview? As a talent acquisition professional, I can confirm that we’re constantly keeping an eye out for a few key elements on…